Segregation and Food Insecurity in New York City
Our research gives a glimpse into modern segregation in NYC. We studied two neighborhoods, only 2 miles apart, yet vastly different in terms of demography, wealth, food security, and health.
Our research gives a glimpse into modern segregation in NYC. We studied two neighborhoods, only 2 miles apart, yet vastly different in terms of demography, wealth, food security, and health.
Astoria has been going through gentrification as luxury apartments are buying out locals’ houses and building rental apartments that are non-affordable for locals.
As we visited museums and collaborated on various projects, one theme recurred: the different cultures in New York City. Every group member was able to connect their own heritage to what we saw around the city.
Kim Allison STEAM Festival Seminar 1
A little bit about Pansori, a traditional musical artform from Korea.
Pollination has been essential to our crops and plants worldwide. Our research focuses on the study of Bumblebees and Honeybees and how effective they are when it comes to pollination.
Despite culture’s ubiquitous presence around us, we often underestimate the power of art, music, performance, and physical infrastructure in dividing or connecting us as people.
In the financial district of Manhattan, New York City, north of Bowling Green, a bronze sculpture called “The Charging Bull” is located, sometimes known as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull. The 7,100-pound bronze sculpture of a bull, a symbol of aggressive financial optimism and success, is 11 feet tall and 16 feet long. As a famous tourist attraction representing Wall Street and the financial district, thousands of tourists visit Charging Bull every day. Now what if it represented something more crucial to society?
How does the mode of economic development of a waterfront community affect its treatment and water quality?
Have you see those red spotted flies at your every step? Spotted Lantern Flies have emerged since 2014 on the Eastcoast but why have we seen them more recently? Click here to learn more!
An audio file to be listened to riding the Q or B from Newkirk Plaza to Sheepshead Bay that highlights the ethnic backgrounds of those who populate those neighborhoods.